Partners invite the public to an open house about the Community Learning Centre

The Community Learning Centre took its next step in its evolution with the announcement of a new partnership project co-ordinator.

On Jan. 31, the provincial government announced it had approved funding for a replacement school for St. Joseph School. Besides a new school, the project will include a performing arts centre and space for an adult continuing education centre.

In order to complete such an ambitious project, the Living Waters School Division partnered with the municipalities of Whitecourt and Woodlands County and with NorQuest College.

To help plan the Community Learning Centre the partners in the project created a weekly steering committee.

On Tuesday, May 27, the committee announced it had hired World Consulting Services.

Living Waters Superintendent Carol Lemay, said in an interview with the Star that the partnership project co-ordinator’s role is to manage all the various aspects of the partnership.

“We have to have agreements between all the partnerships about how we will all work together, what this building is going to look like, and who is going to be responsible,” Lemay said.

She said the committee wanted to pick a partnership project co-ordinator who not only had experience in the field, but was familiar with the area.

“Many people may remember the principal consultant, Nieta World,” Lemay said. “She was a councilor for the Town of Whitecourt for many years and she worked for Living Waters before she went into consulting.”

Now that a partnership project co-ordinator has been named, Lemay said the steering committee is inviting the public to come out to an open house to see what the Community Learning Centre is all about.

Besides providing an opportunity to get more information and ask questions, Lemay said the open house will give the public a chance to give their input about the project.

“Maybe there are some other things the community would like to see added to the partnership or the campus itself,” Lemay said.

The public consultation open house and information session is on Wednesday, June 11, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the St. Joseph School cafeteria.